Blog posts from 2016

Fairfax Cryobank offers a large selection of high quality sperm donors

23 March, 2016

We believe in and stand behind the exceptional quality of the donor sperm we make available to our clients. We are committed to providing the highest quality, most tested donor sperm; at Fairfax Cryobank we perform more testing than any other Cryo...

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Co-parenting journey: 38 weeks’ and counting down to motherhood

23 March, 2016

Yes I get a beautiful little baby, but by the time you’ve been to antenatal classes, breastfeeding class – ‘you have to feed them on demand, day and night, for the first six weeks or you won’t make enough milk’ - said...

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Top 8 factors which affect Sperm Count

23 March, 2016

Up to a fifth of young men find themselves with a low sperm count, which is defined as having fewer than 15 million sperm per millilitre of semen. If you wear tight Y-fronts, sprinkle plenty of soy sauce on your noodles, and rest your laptop on yo...

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Co-parenting journey: 41+2 and quietly freaking out

23 March, 2016

This is after the previous week of curries, pineapple, raspberry leaf tablets, walking, stairs and dates. *Sex? Well, this is the only thing we can’t do as it’s the sperm that’s useful - containing natural prostaglandin hormones ...

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Testimonial from a new Dad 'Thank you Pride Angel'

23 March, 2016

Dear Pride Angel,I have been wanting to write for a long time but finally I have taken the time to do it. Thanks to this website I am now a dad. Ethan was born 17 July 2014. He lives with his two amazing mums Jane and Sarah. I can't believe ho...

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Pride Angel Journey - Books and Daddies

23 March, 2016

There was an awkwardness in the atmosphere. It turned out they’d panicked at the appearance of the main character’s ‘daddy’, but explained they’d managed to handle it by saying it was ‘grandad’. Phew!Still...

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Pride Angel Journey - Wearing Pink Pyjamas

23 March, 2016

 And when you flick ahead, there he is, my brother wearing the very same clothes two years later.Now, however, Everywhere sells baby and toddler clothes. And Everywhere is well aware that if you polarise them by gender, as long as enough peop...

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Regular sex increases fertility success

23 March, 2016

Researchers from Indiana University have shown that sexual activity leads to physiological changes in the body of the woman that increases her chances of getting pregnant, even outside the window of ovulation.The report was recently published in t...

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Pride Angel Journey - Newspaper cuttings

23 March, 2016

While the children settle in by strewing around the house handfuls of 1970’s/80’s toys, revived from a third-of-a-century hibernation in the loft, I unpack the case and leaf through the dozen or so newspaper cuttings my mum has left fo...

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Co-parenting journey - 9 weeks and blooming/ballooning

23 March, 2016

Bolstered by the online blog posts claiming that it’s easier to travel with a 2-3 month old than an 18 month old I’m taking heart and going for it – my next blog may mention the results!My partner and I have agreed I should &lsqu...

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